​Good Samaritans came to the aid of a junior college student who found herself in a tight spot this morning.

The student's leg somehow became trapped in the gap between the train and the platform at HougangMRT station this morning (March 11).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the incident at about 7.50am and arrived with one fire engine and an ambulance.

But staff and fellow commuters at the North East Line station helped to pull the student's leg out of the 10cm gap before SCDF's arrival, said Ms Tammy Tan, senior vice-president of corporate communications at SBS Transit.